If the film is a bit too soft on its subject, it is even more taken with its leading lady. Theron overwhelms.
– Eric Harrison,
Houston Chronicle,
16 Jan 2004
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A small movie with a gigantic performance by Charlize Theron.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan 2004
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Brutal, brilliant, depressing and riveting.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Jan 2004
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In the same way the beefed-up Theron fills the movie's tightly composed frames to bursting while pushing everything else to the margins, her showstopping rage blows through film like a tornado.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
16 Jan 2004
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Ms. Theron has ventured far beyond mere surface impersonation -- although that is startling enough -- to an insightful penetration of her subject's psyche.